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Installing Electric Water Heater
Electric hot water heater installation tips for maximum heating performance
When installing electric water heater properly, per codes and standards and if maintaining the unit regularly, you should have years of trouble free heating service.
Lower initial cost. Electric heaters are very simple units and they don't require combustion gas vents, which automatically make them less expensive to purchase and install.
Electric heaters are easy to install. Installing electric water heaters is viable in location in which it would be difficult or impossible to install a combustion gas vent.
They are pretty safe. Electric heaters don't require combustible fuel, which can leak or explode. They don't have pilot lights that can ignite flammable vapors. They don't produce carbon monoxide, which can backdraft into occupied spaces.
Electric heaters are flexible. Not all buildings and houses have gas supplies, but nearly all of them have electric supply.
When installing electric water heater, there are some good information you can find here, in installing gas heater section, and some steps you can apply on electric units as well.
Installing electric water heater - basics
Installing electric water heater can take you from one to two hours depending on your plumbing skill level.
The first step, and before beginning the installing process, is to turn off utilities, both water and electricity.
Next, shut off valve should be installed at the end of the cold water supply, and the best to do is using propane torch.
After that, wrap the thread of the cold and the heater heat trap fittings with the Teflon and attach to the respective inlets.
Once the water supply is installed next, connect the power lines and ground wire to the heater's junction box. Details of the electrical part should be done per manufacturer's installation guide.
Once you set the thermostat to a temperature between 110 and 130 F, (43-54 C), and fill the tank with water, you are ready to turn the power on... electric water heater installation is done.
How to install electric water heater - main parts check list
- Cold water inlet line and installed shut off valve
- Install vacuum relief in the inlet line, per local codes
- Thermal expansion tank in closed system
- Hot water supply line
- Electrical junction box
- Fused electrical supply
- Temperature and pressure relief valve
- Drain line
- Drain valve
- Floor drain
Installing electric water heater - what to check
- Power supply voltage match heater rating plate. Electric heater usually require 220/240 V and between 30 and 60 amps.
- Branch circuit wire and fusing or circuit breaker has to be proper size. Check the breaker that powers your heater. It has to be rated with enough amps and volts to carry the load.
- Electrical connections tight and unit properly ground. Feed electrical wires through a piece of conduit.
Before filling the tank, check your work first and make sure that there are no leaks in your plumbing job. Remember to close the drain valve before turning on the water.
When the tank is full, you should turn on the circuit breaker to send power to the heating elements. If you turn on the heating elements before the tank is full of water, they will be ruined and will have to be replaced.
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